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Linguistics (mander.xyz)
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm old enough to have noticed that a huge amount of language has changed in American English in the Westcoast at least. It's pretty remarkable even myself and other middle aged people I know have changed their word use and slang.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It has changed a lot! But I'm bound and determined to keep "hella" alive, even if no one understands what I'm saying.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I noticed rad has made a resurgence in the past decade or so

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    'cause it's a tubular word, doy. (and for a brief moment, I was a kid in the '80s again)

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